Sheet Music for Flute Solo

Mercadante was highly respected by many composers of his time. As well as postulating the maxim that the effect of an entire orchestra should always be given priority over the effect of a single instr...

Even before Strauß's operettas and dance music works were played in opera houses and concert halls, he had composed a few purely symphonic works, for example the Perpetuum mobile. An ostinato bass fig...

Together with the new variations on Pour les filles si gentilles op. 94 also published by Zimmermann, the new edition of opus 99 is one of Friedrich Kuhlau's last two works for flute and piano that ha...

Together with the new edition of the Introduction and Variations op. 99 also published by Zimmermann, the new edition of the Variations is one of Friedrich Kuhlau's last two works for flute and piano...

It is not unusual to arrange arias from operas for instrumentation and it seems to have been common practice all over the centuries. For the issue presented here, the editor has chosen an unknown aria...

There are only a few original Beethoven pieces for and with flute. From the Bonn period we have a trio in G major for flute, bassoon and piano, a flute duet in G major and the manuscript of a sonata i...

This is the well-known sonata which includes Alla Turca. Based on the original urtext of the sonata, only slight modifications were made to suit the flute. The piano part had to be reduced and adapted...

Ciardi composed the 3 Soli opus 124-126 (opus 125/126 published as ZM 31590/ZM31600) for Joseph Wenzel Köhler, a flutist working in Modena and later to become his successor as professor in St. Petersb...

Ciardi composed the 3 Soli opus 124-126 (opus 125/126 published as ZM 31590/ZM31600) for Joseph Wenzel Köhler, a flutist working in Modena and later to become his successor as professor in St. Petersb...

Ciardi composed the 3 Soli opus 124-126 (opus 125/126 published as ZM 31590/ZM31600) for Joseph Wenzel Köhler, a flutist working in Modena and later to become his successor as professor in St. Petersb...

The two sonatas presented here were taken from a series whose original version is known as Duets for flutes, violins or flute and violin. It was published for the first time by Artaria in 1788, also b...

At the beginning of the 19th century, music at home was in full blossom and the guitar a very popular instrument. Contrary to the short, zither-like note of early pianos, the guitar had a singing, res...

In Russia, Ferdinand Büchner (1825-1912) won himself a reputation as an excellent soloist and teacher. Following the romantic tradition of virtuoso musicians who also worked as composers, Ferdinand Bü...

Louis François Phillipe Drouet was born in Amsterdam in 1792. He was appointed to the court of the Dutch king Ludwig Bonaparte at the age of 15. Some time after 1810 he came to the court of Emperor Na...

One has to bear in mind that Berbiguier was an outsider in France, as he preferred a powerful tone even in low flute registers. Thus, his tonal concept was quite different from the one favoured by oth...

In 1876, Gabriel-Urbain Fauré's first violin sonata was published as op.13, a work modelled on the classical sonata form and featuring fiery and spirited melodies, rhythmical finesse and great verve....

With the Cavatine in E flat major by Théodore Dubois (1837-1924), Zimmermann provides all flutists, violin and horn players who wish to practice musical expression and interpretation with a charming p...

Wilhelm Popp (1828-1903). In addition to his work as an orchestra musician, Popp was one of the most creative composers of flute music. His 525 works include numerous compositions of average value, bu...

All three works presented here are lyrical, imaginative and capricious, even though each of the three composers presents unique solutions of his own. In a time when contemporary music is characterized...

Peter Joseph Lindpaintner (1791-1856) aspired to write great musical forms, but he failed, however, to achieve lasting success. What remained are his songs and small-form works, such as the variations...

Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht (1722-1794) was vice kapellmeister and court composer, and later a kapellmeister, then musical director. He wrote instrumental concertos and chamber music works in which th...

Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763) was an important musician and composer at the court of Frederick ll. In later years he was appointed harpsichord player and chamber musician of Her Royal Highness Prin...

This edition helps to close one of the last gaps with reference to the new edition of Kuhlau's flute music. The publisher Paté called this collection of fashionable dances Les Perles ravissantes - enc...

Franz Krommer (1759 - 1831) fut un des compositeurs les plus appréciés de son époque. Le Concerto pour flûte op. 44 fut conçu pour le violon en 1799 avant d'être réécrit en 1820 pour la flûte. Notre é...